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2016 Budget: Lawmakers Bow To Buhari’s Demand …Adjust Details This Week …All In National Interest-Goje, Jubrin
There are indications that the 2016 Budget may finally become a working document as the Chairmen of the Committees on Appropriation of the two Chambers of the National Assembly, senator Danjuma Goje and Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin have requested their colleagues to, as a matter of urgent national importance, accommodate and consider the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to rework the details of the Appropriation Bill and make the necessary adjustments to enable him ascent to it.
This decision of the two committee chairmen was contained in a statement made available to The Tide National Assembly correspondent.
In the statement, the lawmakers expressed the view that in spite of all the allegations, and blame game that had trailed the 2016 budget, it was time to sheath all swords and work in the interest of all Nigerians whose welfare and interests have suffered due to the delay in the budget implementation.
The statement read in part: “Even though most of the allegations, especially those specifically leveled against the two of us, as chairmen of the committee, are unfounded, we intend to respond to them at the appropriate time. For now, what we consider important is to resolve the impasse around the budget and get it assented to so that its implementation can begin in the interest of all Nigerians.
“However, we must put it on record that the details aggregated and transmitted to the executive are largely the inputs we received from the standing committees of both the Senate and the House of representatives.
“Given the foregoing, and all factors considered, we hereby state that we have had enough controversy over the 2016 budget. What is needful right now is a resolution of the differences and to that end, we call on our colleagues in the National Assembly to accede to the request by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari to have a second look at the details and make the necessary adjustments so that he can assent. This, in our opinion, should not go beyond this week”.
Nneka Amaechi-Nnadi, Abuja
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